Birdwatching in Samdrup Jongkhar

The southeastern town of Samdrup Jongkhar is a small border town, six hours drive from Trashigang. With generally warm weather, the district is ideal for birdwatching.  Read More →

Drametse Ngacham exhibition in Geneva

A photographic exhibition ‘Drametse Ngacham ‘ The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse, Bhutan will be open to the public from 1 April 2009 for about a month at the La Cite du Temps exhibition gallery in Geneva, Switzerland. Yoshi Shimizu, a freelance photographer, in collaboration with the royal government of Bhutan and UNESCO, undertook the project to make a photographic documentary of the Drametse Ngacham in Drametse, Bhutan, in November 2008. The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom... Read more

Bhutan awarded “Top Country 2009″

The Tourism Council of Bhutan, recently received a certificate from the Wanderlust Travel magazine awarding Bhutan the finalist Top Country 2009 for the Wanderlust travel awards. Bhutan was one of the top 10 finalists for the Wanderlust Travel Awards. In 2005, Bhutan won the Silver award from the Wanderlust Travel Awards for the Top Country. The Wanderlust Travel Awards is on their 8th year and is voted by nearly 3,000 consumers and based on customer satisfaction levels over the past year. The Paro... Read more